Consultations & Open Letters
You can find our different recommendations, supporting evidence, and open letters below.
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Anchoring innovation in the European Renewables Energy Directive’s revision (RED III)
We were asked by European lawmakers to share our thoughts on how to integrate support for high-impact innovation in the process of revising upcoming legislation on renewables. For this, we teamed up with our friends from EUREC – The Association of European Renewable Energy Research Centres.
Our recommendation of 5% for innovative renewables was included as indicative target in the provisional deal:
We should adopt specific sub-targets for innovative RES within the renewable energy targets in RED III.
Future Cleantech Architects provided its feedback on Terna’s assessment “STUDIO SULLE TECNOLOGIE DI RIFERIMENTO PER LO STOCCAGGIO DI ENERGIA ELETTRICA,” in line with Resolution 247/2023/R/EEL, open for consultation until 4 September 2023. Including:
Include Thermal Energy Storage (TES)
Reconsider the 10 GWh threshold for minimum global installed capacity
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Last year we began expanding our presence in the European capital. While our roots are in Germany, our mission has no borders. Our presence in Brussels signifies our commitment to driving cleantech innovation harder on local, regional, and global scales. We look forward to continuing our work on the hard-to-abate sectors, such as aviation, cement, long duration energy storage, and thermal energy storage, in new spaces. Join us in this endeavor!
Open Letters
Consultations
Open Letters
Together with Tech for Net Zero and other organizations working on innovative heat solutions and energy storage, we have submitted a joint statement on the Bundesnetzagentur(Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway)’s draft determination on the general...
Future Cleantech Architects and eight other cleantech organizations are calling on the European Commission to explicitly recognize the role of LDES, and in particular thermal energy storage, in Europe’s upcoming Electrification Action Plan and energy security framework. Europe is rapidly electrifying its industry (heat), transport, heating, cooling, and digital infrastructure, increasing the need for...
Successive energy crises make it clear that Europe must rapidly reduce its reliance on imported fuels and accelerate the deployment of homegrown renewables. Scaling up the next generation of innovative renewable technologies (iRETs), such as geothermal, next-generation solar and wind,...
The Industrial Accelerator Act, tabled on 4 March, is now entering a crucial phase of discussions among co-legislators. Furture Cleantech Architects joined 14 other organizations in signing an open letter addressed to the Deputy Permanent Representatives to the EU. We...
Europe has abundant clean energy at its feet, will policymakers seize it?Next-generation geothermal energy, enabled by advanced deep drilling technologies, could generate up to 301 TWh annually in the EU. The technical potential is estimated at nearly 40 TW —...
How can the EU turn the 5% target for innovative renewables from a symbolic provision into a real scaling instrument? Our recent analysis of 10 National Energy and Climate Plans (NECPs) found limited operationalization of the 5% target, no harmonized...
Next-generation geothermal technologies, including enhanced, advanced, and superhot geothermal systems, can unlock high-temperature heat, firm clean, dispatchable power, and cascading thermal uses across Europe. With the right strategy, geothermal can deliver clean heat, firm power, and industrial decarbonization at scale,...
Future Cleantech Architects, together with 27 other think tanks, research institutions, civil society organisations and cleantech associations, have signed a joint letter to the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union. We outline 9 key recommendations to deliver...
On Friday, May 23, European ministers will meet at the Competitiveness Council to focus on the next EU Research and Innovation program.Together with 12 other European organizations, we have signed a joint letter to EU institutions ahead of this meeting. We...
Yesterday, we joined 23 leading cleantech innovators, industry associations, and civil society organisations in a joint letter to the European Commission asking to stay committed to developing a technology-neutral and performance-based approach to cement standardization in Europe.Our message is clear: A...
Future Cleantech Architects, together with Climate Strategy and over 35 European organizations, has signed a joint letter directed to the President of the EIB and the Chairman of the Board of Governors. The letter urges the EIB to expand its...
The European Electricity Market Design Reform must strategically plan for Long Duration Energy Storage and should aim to accelerate the transition to a sustainable and affordable energy system by boosting investment where it is most needed to achieve the EU’s...
